Nikolaus Glockendon
Nikolaus Glockendon (* around 1490/95; † 1533/34) was an illuminator in Nuremberg .
Life
Nikolaus Glockendon, son of also the Illuminator make Georg Glockendon († 1514), created his masterpieces in the years from 1522 to 1532. From his previous work time is an illustrated prayer book (10 x 7 cm) known; The book has 17 full-page miniatures and numerous decorative strips with drolleries , which have no content-related reference to the text or the main image, the miniatures are iconographically committed to Albrecht Dürer and his surroundings.
He created several precious books for the Archbishop of Mainz , Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg . One of his most important is a festive missal from 1533. The hand-written and preciously painted book artwork from the Middle Ages is part of the monastery treasure of St. Peter and Alexander (Aschaffenburg) and is exhibited in the monastery museum of the city of Aschaffenburg .
A prayer book made by him for Albrecht von Brandenburg is now in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena .
Glockendon died in 1533/34. According to the books of the parish of St. Lorenz Nuremberg, his widow married the also widowed medalist and sculptor Joachim Deschler in 1537 .
Works
- Prayer book ( Nuremberg , Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Hs. 198448), probably around 1519/20
- Missale Hallense ( Mainz , parts of it in the Landesmuseum Mainz , inv. No. GS 1919/75), completed in 1524
- Festive missals for Cardinal Albrechts of Brandenburg in the Abbey Museum of the city of Aschaffenburg 1533
Exhibitions
- 2003 Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum : In focus June 2003
literature
- Peter Strieder: Glockendon, Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 458 f. ( Digitized version ).
- In the spotlight June 2003. Saints and rabbits - A Nuremberg prayer book by Nikolaus Glockendon , in: monats anzeiger. Museums and exhibitions in Nuremberg , June 2003, pp. 4–6 ( PDF ( Memento from January 18, 2004 in the Internet Archive ))
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bell end, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German illuminator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1490 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1534 |